I love anything from a Sousa March to Rage Against the Machine.. Wide array.. Obviously, love percussion, but also love music with a message (excepting shallow fake patriotic music, like that from so many performers who don't "know what they don't know")
Movies
Being There, It's a Wonderful Life, Big Fish, Lord of the Rings (went to New Zealand-loved it since), Rudy
Television
Loved Meet the Press, with Tim Russert- don't watch it anymore. Sunday Morning with George Stephanopolous, Curb Your Enthusiasm, House, Real Time with Bill Maher.
Books
"Too Dear"-Leo Tolstoy, Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, and Dream of a Ridiculous Man from Dostoyevsky, Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck, Euclid's Window-Leo Mlodinov, Eats Chutes and Leaves, Comedy Writing-Helitzer, The Comic Toolbox-Vorhaus, and Leaves of Grass- Whitman, The Art of War- Sun Tzu, His Excellency (Bio of George Washington, TR (Bio of Teddy Roosevelt)
Heroes
My Dad, My Mom, my brothers and sisters, my kids and anyone with the courage to be themselves in a crowd
that doesn't want them to.
About me: I have played congas, as a professional performer, with many different acts and venues over the past 30 years.
At this time, I am accepting a limited number of students
to take lessons in my small drum studio.
If you are interested, watch my brief video and e-mail me here or at congalesson@yahoo.com
Who I'd like to meet: Abraham Lincoln, MLK, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson,
JFK, FDR, George S. Patton, Kahlil Gibran, Sun Tzu, Winston Churchill, and you.
Hey Jeff... Just checkin in again... Was out of town & missed your last show. I would still like to meet & maybe play some music or have you be a part of our next show.
Hey Maestro... Thanks for being a new friend. I'd like to meet you sometime and see if you're interested in starting a drum circle on Sunday evenings before our open mic event. peace... t.f.
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